Episode 1672 (24th January 1977)

Plot
The Langtons wait in hospital together. Bet sports a bruised face. Deirdre is taken to the delivery room. Ray is relieved when he doesn't have to be present at the birth. Eddie sells watches. Mavis buys one for Derek. Deirdre is delivered of a daughter. Ray is delighted. Bet buys one of Eddie's watches. Mavis discovers hers has stopped. Blanche arrives to meet her granddaughter. Hilda tells Emily that Ernie left the dance early. Emily is suspicious as he was late coming home. Eddie refuses to refund Mavis's money so Bet tells him the police were around looking for stolen watches. Ray throws a celebration at the flat where Hilda tells Blanche that Deirdre was on her own when she went into labour.

Regular cast

 * Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch (Credited as "Baby")

Guest cast

 * Sally Norton - Yvonne Nicholson
 * Dorothy Millington - Pat Blyton
 * Staff Nurse Maloney - Brenda Fricker
 * Hospital Porter - Tom Wallwork
 * Father in Hospital - Peter Martin

Places

 * Rovers Return Inn - Public
 * 3 Coronation Street - Back room and kitchen
 * The Kabin
 * 20 Victoria Street - Upstairs flat
 * Weatherfield General - Maternity ward and corridor